U.S. Continues to Violate World Health Organization Guidelines for BSE

The United States is violating all four concrete recommendations laid
down by the World
Health Organization to prevent the spread of BSE (Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy), or
Mad Cow disease, into the human population. Inadequate testing of the
brains of U.S. cattle
is likely missing hundreds of cases of BSE and inadequate testing of
the brains of human
dementia victims is likely missing hundreds of cases of the human spongiform
encephalopathy, sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. New research
suggests that some of
these cases of the sporadic form of CJD may be caused by eating
BSE-infected meat. Until
we follow the guidelines set forth by the World Health Organization
and the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and enact
science-based safeguards proven
to work in Europe-such as a total ban on the feeding of
slaughterhouse waste, blood and
excrement to farmed animals, and dramatically increased surveillance
for both these
diseases-the safety of the American food supply will remain in question.

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